Chapter 22: Public Agitation! A treaty of national humiliation
Li Changsheng shook his head." It's just a casual gesture. There's no need to remember it.”
"We are all Chinese, and we are strangers in a foreign land. It is only right for us to help each other.”
Old Zhu quickly said," No, you must thank me."”
"It's time to eat.”
"You can eat at my place. I'll go prepare a thank you gift for you.”
Li Changsheng waved his hand and wanted to say forget it, but Old Zhu insisted very seriously," You must give it to me. Daoist Priest, don't reject me anymore."”
"Doesn't your Daoists say that there is karma? This is all karma.”
Seeing this, Li Changsheng did not refuse.
Anyway, he was just planning to earn money, so he saved himself the trouble.
At the dining table.
As Li Changsheng ate, Zhu Xuan sized him up curiously.
He seemed to be a little surprised. Li Changsheng did not look fat, but his appetite was very big.
She ate a lot but was still not full.
It was truly magical.
Where did his food go?
Li Changsheng ignored the child's curiosity.
His attention was focused on the heated discussion on the second floor.
"This treaty…is a humiliation to the country! What a humiliation!"
"The Manchu Dynasty is useless! Useless! Quiet in literature and martial arts! Internal and external troubles! What kind of country was this? You have no backbone at all!"
"Could it be that even his spine has been broken?？”
"They actually signed such a treaty! What was this! This is a sign of imminent destruction!"
"The country is about to fall! It's on the verge of extinction!"
"Are you still immersed in your fantasies? Do you think that this can be exchanged for peace? This would only encourage others and make them go even further!”
The discussion in the restaurant was extremely intense. Everyone's voice was filled with anger, frustration, disappointment, and grief.
Li Changsheng understood what was going on after listening for a moment.
He frowned.
Horse Official Pact!
It was now May 1895.
It would take some time for the news to reach them.
By now, the country should be filled with complaints.
The content of the treaty was very unfair.
It was not an exaggeration to call it a humiliation.
Not only did he cede a series of islands to the Cherry Blossom Kingdom, but he also had to compensate them with 200 million taels of silver.
It was allowed to invest and set up factories in many parts of the country.
This treaty had caused the national crisis in this country to reach an unprecedented level.
It could also be said that it laid the foundation for the invasion of the foreign powers.
It was the beginning of this 5,000-year-old lion's humiliation.
Of course, it was also the beginning of his awakening.
The humiliation was due to the incompetence and numbness of the rulers of the Qing government.
The awakening was because there were still countless martyrs in this country who were unwilling to give in and were exploring step by step.
After dinner.
Mr. Zhu brought over a large gift box and handed it to Li Changsheng.
Li Changsheng left.
Li Changsheng was not in a good mood when he learned that history had once again come to this.
He walked out of the restaurant step by step.
Those scholars 'faces were flushed red, and their veins were bulging.
Most of the people in the hall and on the streets were numb.
Most of them were just the lowest-level toiling masses.
He worked hard every day to make a living and did not have the mood to care about national affairs.
They were also numb.
Only those who were educated were extremely angry, criticizing, and scolding the Qing government for being incompetent. They felt extremely humiliated.
They could clearly feel the endless humiliation contained in this.
That small country that had been looked down upon by people for 5,000 years.
Now, he was riding on the head of the Qing Dynasty.
Yet, the ruler of this country was so apathetic that he still signed such a humiliating treaty in the face of so many people's opposition.
Among these furious people, there was a middle-aged man in his forties who cursed the most fiercely.
He was eloquent and quoted classics.
After cursing for a long time, there was no repetition.
Moreover, it sounded extremely vicious. There were no vulgarities, but it was still incomparably sharp and fierce.
This made the people around him feel embarrassed to scold him.
Just listening to his scolding made her feel very happy.
He felt that the other party had perfectly expressed his intentions.
"Scholar Zhang's scolding is good!"
"As expected of a scholar! It's about precision!"
"That's too accurate. That's what I want to scold. Unfortunately, I only know how to call the government a bastard!”
"You have to be a scholar to scold people!"
This middle-aged man who could scold others was called Scholar Zhang.
When Scholar Zhang was young, he was a very righteous and upright person.
It was very staunch.
Therefore, he offended the powerful in China and came to the United States.
He was now teaching at a Chinese school in Chinatown.
This was because the people of America would not teach Chinese.
Zhang Zhangyu felt that these children should learn the culture of their ancestors. These were their roots and could not be lost.
Therefore, he was very attentive in teaching Han culture.
Apart from teaching, he was also a member of the Hong Sect.
He had some status in the Hong Sect.
Because the Hong Sect advocated for the revival of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Zhangyu was extremely disdainful of the Qing government. He did not have a good impression of the Qing government at all.
Now that he found out that the Qing government had done such a detestable thing, he was so angry that he almost had a cerebral hemorrhage.
Now that he heard people discussing, he naturally could not help but express his thoughts on the street.
After scolding for a while, Zhang Zhangyu finally remembered why he went out today.
"Let's go, let's go. I still have things to do today.”
The people around him had not heard enough of his scolding." Hey, don't go…"
Zhang Zhangyu waved his hand." Scolding people won't solve the problem.”
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